Teachers

Jim grew up near Boston, in an area noted for its writers (Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott, Hawthorne) and an appreciation of literature was instilled in ...

him early on. He studied English at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and filmmaking at Ithaca College in upstate New York. After graduating, Jim spent a year in the former Danish island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, then returned north to write a humour column for a Boston newspaper.
In the early 1990s, Jim moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote over 15 screenplays and worked in development for a variety of film and television production companies, including Centropolis (Independence Day, The Patriot) and Carsey-Werner (Cosby Show, Roseanne, etc). Jim also worked for a production company that specialized in Australian authors, helping them adapt their work for the screen. In 2000, Jim and his Danish wife moved to Denmark and since then he has taught scriptwriting at EFC.

While an undergraduate at UT Austin, Micah worked as programming and managing director of the experimental Cinematexas International Short Film Fes...

tival. She received a journalism Fulbright fellowship from Texas to Berlin for work in pirate radio and print journalism. There she attended fiction directing studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). Micah’s first feature, PETTING ZOO, premiered at the Berlinale in 2015 to critical acclaim and will hit cinemas in 2015/2016. Micah and her husband Johan Carlsen run a small production company, Makrorama, with help from their three children and the brilliant bookkeeping dog Jackson. She has taught for the dffb, Harvard, the Swedish Art Academy in Umea and is very happy to now join forces with the team at EFC.
No matter the discipline, teaching offers a rare opportunity to reassess what I think I know by accompanying someone as they discover the world and their power in it. It is something I hope I will always be able to do! My classes with young directing students work to develop their focus, perspective, communication and skill. Every student needs different kinds of feedback to develop, so I don't have a particular overall teaching style but adjust my material to the needs of the people I work with.

Nick is an editor with more than twenty years of experience on short films, documentaries, TV and web comedy, news stories, animation, commercials ...

and much more. His work has aired in festivals, as well as on all major UK channels and several international broadcasters. Nick has also worked as a producer, director, post-production manager and managing director for a number of production and post-production companies.
I first got into film-making at high school. My dad bought a camcorder, and I persuaded him that we really needed a certain type of VCR that would allow me to edit as close to frame-accurate as possible. Then a friend and I made a prison film in a derelict building with all our friends. When I was twenty, I went to a school not unlike EFC, where I did what was effectively a foundation course. Afterwards, I got a job as a runner at a post-production company, taught myself to edit, and started making contacts in the industry from there. I think most film-goers are reasonably fluent in the language of film, without necessarily knowing it. My focus is on supporting the students in recognising that ability, and in learning to speak that language fluently through editing. To me that's where the creativity is most effectively expressed.

Paul is a producer, director and educator in film and TV. He has over 15 years experience working in Ireland, UK and now in Denmark. With a Masters...

in Producing (Screen Academy Scotland) and a Bachelors Degree in Business & Enterprise (Edinburgh Napier University), he has focused on working with new creative talent throughout his career. Paul worked as director of film workshop Edinburgh Mediabase, as Senior Producer at Teebster Productions / 4Talent, and as a Development Executive at the Institute for Creative Industries in Edinburgh.
His films include the award-winning shorts 'The Red Army' (Interfilm Berlin - Best Short) 'The Perfect Fit' (Jury Award SXSW / OSCAR Shortlisted 2013) and 'Wyld' (BAFTA - Acting Performance). His latest project 'The Great Director' is a comedy feature shot in Denmark / UK and due for release in late 2017. He is currently developing two new feature projects with new writers. His research interests include micro-budget feature production models and immersive storytelling & production processes. Paul has participated in multiple Film Labs including, Rotterdam IFFR, MEDIA Engage (1 st Prize for feature ‘Cello’) and EIFF Talent Lab. Paul teaches introductory and advanced courses in Creative Producing and is Vice-principal at the European Film College.

Petru has taught Cinematography at EFC since 1994, after a
Cinematographer career with the Romanian Motion Picture Studios. After attaining the BA...

in Cinematography, he worked for a number of studio productions ranging from commercials and corporate movies to documentaries and features until his debut as Director of Photography in 1989, while working simultaneously as a freelance journalist.
Petru is a member of Dansk Filmfotograf Forbund (Danish Association of
Cinematographers) and a former Board member of the Danish Filmmakers Union,
FAF.

Pia Bovin is a film director and multi-disciplinary artist whose practise began as a student at Billedskolen København. She continued her studies a...

t the National Film School of Denmark graduating as a director in 1999. In 2002, she directed her first feature film, 'Kald mig bare Aksel'. The film won awards at the Berlin, Amsterdam, Montevideo, Chicago and Tribeca film festivals, among others. A year later, she won a Robert at the Danish Film Awards for Best Short Film, 'The Funeral'. Pia has also directed documentaries, short films and over 40 hours of Danish Television, including 'Langt fra Las Vegas' and 'Hotellet'.
Alongside her work as a director, she has taught at a number of schools and workshops. In 2009, she was the Leader of the Foundation Course at the Copenhagen Film & Photo School and in 2014 she began teaching Directing & Acting at European Film College.
She is currently collaborating with composer Jesper Grann on a video installation piece – involving sound and performance. Alongside the development of a number of film projects. Pia has been a jury member at the Berlin and Amsterdam Film Festivals and in 2019 for the second year will be consulting for the cinekid script lab at Berlin International Film Festival.

Rui is a Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer who has made his presence invisible in many fiction and documentary films, features and shorts, some...

of which were screened in festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Slamdance and Tribeca, etc...
With a Bachelors in Music Production and Audio Technology, a Masters in Multimedia and Sound Design, and an ever-growing craving for more knowledge, he finds that the sharing of ideas and kindness is the best way to always be learning something new.
Having recorded soundscapes from the beaches of Portugal to the plains of Texas, from bustling New York City to more recently bucolic Denmark, Rui enjoys the stillness of Foley rooms, the quietude of ADR booths, and the silence of Pro Tools projects.
He's also got hot sauce in his bag.

Suzanne Popp has worked as a cinematographer in both New York and Denmark, and is a trained cinematographer from the NYU film school.
Whereas li...

ght for film is often seen as a very technical field, Suzanne Popp has a slightly different approach to it. In her classes, students are encouraged to study and describe light and to develop a very philosophical and emotional approach to the element.
Besides being a trained cinematographer, Suzanne is also a trained Life Coach, works as a councellor for our students, and teaches courses in Creative Development and mindfulness.